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[dothelokimotion]

Who: Everyone!
What: LOKIFEST
When: Late May
Where: Sunset Falls Park
Content Warnings: N/A



Lokifest is here!

[ The park has been commandeered to host all kinds of fun activities, stalls and various things for families to do. Colourful green tents and banners, all emblazoned with Loki’s symbolic helm are littered all throughout the park with helpful signs navigating tourists and locals to the myriad of potential amusements for everyone to enjoy.

First, you should help yourself to one of the gift bags. Full of goodies such as Loki bobble heads, a plastic helm tailored to your head size and a green snake as a pin. If you’re not keen on these and try to dispose of them, they will find a magical way to cling to you. Perhaps if you find a creative way of getting rid of it, the spell may fail.

Best of luck!

But don’t get caught up in the goodies. There are plenty of games and competitions for people to try out! For instance, there is a dagger throwing competition where you can win a protective runestone made by Loki himself. The daggers are made of rubber and you’re required to hit the moving Thor-gets — targets.

May your aim be true.

Or perhaps you’d like something a little less challenging. There’s a cosplay competition where the “best dressed Loki” wins a free dinner and a chance to shake hands with the mayor. Even if you lack the costume, there are bins of convenient Loki costumes (ranging from poor quality to high) for you to try out.

Do your best Loki impression and win that free dinner!

And because this is Sunset Falls, there is a best bowtie competition for your dogs to try out. The winner gets a one-of-a-kind bowtie from Loki.

Of course, it’s not all games. There are vendors with all kinds of food, ranging from corndogs to cotton candy. You can even pick up some flavoured boba tea or lemonade as you wander through the festival. There are even small plays artifully re-enacted around so you can get a glimpse at Loki's life.

So come by! Enjoy the festivities! ]

Comments

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth blinks, because it has been a while, but it's not an unpleasant surprise.]

Balthier.

No, I've no great need today of destroying anything. It simply seems a bit childish.

[portolan]

[ Balthier raises his brows, head tilting toward the group of youngsters nearby. ]

I'm not sure how festivals work on your world, but yes, they are often designed for children.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth will step away from the booth, allowing said youngsters more space to throw their rubber knives.]

I wouldn't know. I never attended any festivals on my Planet.

[portolan]

Always good to expand one's horizons.

[ Balthier watches in amusement as youth who will likely never have need for a weapon poorly attempt to throw the misbalance rubber props at rigged targets. ]

I will say there is more fried food here than I have ever experienced in my life. Also, now that we're out of earshot, you do know the grand majority of all carnival and festival activities are rigged, yes?

[unkindled_madness]

Yes. I did attend a carnival once before.

I wound up banned from most of the games. They prefer that you don't win.

[portolan]

Yes that would be the point of the rigging. Have you ever heard the house always wins? Same principal.

[unkindled_madness]

...what house?

[No, he doesn't know that one.]

[portolan]

[ He tries not to laugh. ]

No, I suppose you aren't a gambler. House just means the owner of whatever the event or entertainment establishment is. They typically have systems in place to ensure things are profitable, and bans and security for when it isn't.

[unkindled_madness]

I see.

Do you frequent such places yourself?

[portolan]

I did in my youth.

Got banned from a few myself.

[unkindled_madness]

[He chuckles.]

I suppose I'm not surprised.

[portolan]

Good objective test of a young pirate's skills.

[Or nobleman, for that matter.]

The strictness of the facilities were fairly well known. Pulling off a swindle or a victory was an inarguable feat.

[unkindled_madness]

Good practice for sizing people up, I imagine.

[portolan]

You would have made a decent pirate, you know.

[unkindled_madness]

I don't know about that. Certainly not the subtle kind.

[portolan]

It takes all kinds. Distractions muscle are both needed.

Not unlike military outfits, hmm? We just followed a command of our choosing. Empire being rotten certainly had nothing to do with it.

[unkindled_madness]

I wouldn't care to repeat my military days.

It's the flouting of authority that has its appeal.

[portolan]

Right, exactly.

You know I was in the military for a hair's breadth, yes? Extremely high ranking. Quit. Ran straight for flouting authority.

[unkindled_madness]

Then you made the smart decision very quickly.

i somehow marked this as read whoops

[portolan]

[ He'll take the compliment from Sephiroth ]

I'v always had a few good ideas banging around in there. Sounds like you could still use some more seeing the world.

oh well hello again!

[unkindled_madness]

Why, because I've never gambled? Or because I've never been a pirate?

[Balthier isn't wrong, of course, but he doesn't love being called out on it. He's working on it!!]

[portolan]

Because you're still wide-eyed like a boy.

[ He's smiling fondly though. ]

Maybe I have it backwards though. Maybe you were wiser. A lot harder for me to get that feeling back. Being on an entirely different world helps.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth shakes his head. Wow, a wide-eyed boy, okay.]

...I think it's a matter of permitting yourself to feel it.

[portolan]

Mmm. You military types are better at holding your feelings aloft. I never was much good at that.

[unkindled_madness]

I would have said that was the opposite of my expertise. But I have been... learning.